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.TH lpr 1 "Common UNIX Printing System" "16 December 2004" "Easy Software Products"
.SH NAME
lpr \- print files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lpr
[ -E ] [ \-P
.I destination
] [ \-U
.I username
] [ \-#
.I num-copies
[ \-l ] [ \-o
.I option
] [ \-p] [ \-r ] [ \-C/J/T
.I title
] [
.I file(s)
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBlpr\fR submits files for printing. Files named on the command line are sent
to the named printer (or the system default destination if no destination is
specified). If no files are listed on the command-line \fBlpr\fR reads the
print file from the standard input.
.SH OPTIONS
The following options are recognized by \fBlpr\fR:
.TP 5
\-E
.br
Forces encryption when connecting to the server.
.TP 5
\-P \fIdestination\fR
.br
Prints files to the named printer.
.TP 5
\-# \fIcopies\fR
.br
Sets the number of copies to print from 1 to 100.
.TP 5
\-C \fIname\fR
.br
Sets the job name.
.TP 5
\-J \fIname\fR
.br
Sets the job name.
.TP 5
\-T \fIname\fR
.br
Sets the job name.
.TP 5
\-U \fIusername\fR
.br
Sets the user name.
.TP 5
\-l
.br
Specifies that the print file is already formatted for the destination and
should be sent without filtering. This option is equivalent to "-oraw".
.TP 5
\-o \fIoption\fR
.br
Sets a job option.
.TP 5
\-p
.br
Specifies that the print file should be formatted with a shaded header with
the date, time, job name, and page number. This option is equivalent to
"-oprettyprint" and is only useful when printing text files.
.TP 5
\-r
.br
Specifies that the named print files should be deleted after printing them.
.SH COMPATIBILITY
The "c", "d", "f", "g", "i", "m", "n", "t", "v", and "w" options are not
supported by CUPS and will produce a warning message if used.
.SH SEE ALSO
cancel(1), lp(1), lpstat(1),
CUPS Software Users Manual,
http://localhost:631/documentation.html
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1993-2005 by Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved.
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